TEHRAN, March 18 - With 8 candidates competing to enter Kremlin, the 2018 Russian presidential election kicked off in the country at 8:00 a.m.
TEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) - In this round of election, 7 candidates are to compete with the current President of Russia Vladimir Putin to take the presidential office.
Pavel Gorodinin, Vladimir Girinovsky, Sergei Baborin, Grigory Yulinsky, Boris Tytov, Maxim Serrikin, and a woman named "Ksenia Sobachak" are Vladimir Putin's rivals isn this round of elections.
The main opposition leader and Putin’s most vocal opponent, Alexei Navalny, was disqualified from the race due to a fraud conviction that he has claimed was politically motivated.
Putin has seen his approval ratings skyrocket since the last election in 2012. Many say the surge in the incumbent’s popularity is mainly because of his successful policies toward regional issues, particularly the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.
The 65-year-old leader was first elected in 2000 following a handover of power by then-president Boris Yeltsin, who resigned six months before the end of his tenure.
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